Columbus Regional Health extends our extreme gratitude to Shannon, Justin, and Libby Paul and the Bo Paul Project for their recent donations to support our patients who experience infant loss.

The donations they made, which were the organization's largest to date,  included two bassinets - one for babies born stillborn at term or near term and the other for babies born stillborn at 35 weeks or earlier. They donated bedding, a rocking stand, a CuddleCot package, and a lifetime warranty on the system. The CuddleCot and CuddleBlanket provide grieving families and their loved ones the opportunity to spend time with the infant without needing to cool the entire room. 

The Bo Paul Project also donated a year's worth of Bo Bears to the facility and trained Birthing Center staff on how to fill and present them to grieving families. The bears are made to match the baby's birth weight and to provide comfort to the grieving family. The donation had a particular impact on Birthing Center registered nurse Alexis Ice, whose son, Malaki, was born sleeping two years ago. “The comfort and love the Bo Paul Project provides for so many families is amazing," she said.

"There is so much I could say about the gift Shannon and the Bo Paul Project has provided to our families!," said CRH Birthing Center Manager, Deanna Abel.  "I watched my sister and her husband navigate the unknowns associated with grief after the loss of my niece, Molly. There is nothing that can prepare you for watching a family leave the hospital without their baby.  It is devastating. This special gift offers grieving parents and siblings a profound, tangible connection to the infant they lost, helping to fill an unthinkable void with a comforting reminder of their love and presence."

Columbus Regional Health is grateful for these donations and the comfort they will help provide to our patients and their families.